If i didn t move fast, the queen of soul would get lassoed and fall down on top of me, and i was going to die of suffocation by a mink coat. He just had to worksometimes 24 hours a day, like when he worked all night on the orchestral score for beyonc performance of america the beautiful (a starkly beautiful rendition that ended with the other performers joining her onstage) and then rehearsed for stevie wonder and bill withers all the next day. Ive been back regularly, sometimes to revisit old ground, sometimes to talk about new projects, but always to drink beer, swap musical discoveries and speculate on lifes great mysteries, like how exactly elvis got his hair to do that quiff thing. lastly, ray pride photoblogs a sundance inauguration breakfast. Afternoon temperatures that inched toward 40 degrees were a merciful reprieve from the area recent cold snap, but it was chilly enough for the celebs to show off some fab outerwear.